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“IN THE FRONT RANK OF MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHERS”
SMYTHE, Frank. Photograph. No place, 1933. Vintage matte albumen photograph of Camp IV, taken during the Fourth British Expedition to Mount Everest. Used in Ruttledge’s book, Everest 1933. $1600.
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SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY
HUNT, John. The Conquest of Everest. New York, 1954. First American edition, signed by Sir Edmund Hillary on the title page, with eight color photographic plates, 48 half-tone plates and a number of in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches. $1000.
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“THE CRAGS OF THE VIA MALA AND THE SNOWS OF THE THÉODULE ROUSED A PASSION WITHIN ME”
MUMMERY, A.F. My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus. London and New York, 1895. First trade edition of Mummery’s account of his Alpine adventures, illustrated with 11 plates and numerous in-text woodcuts. $650.
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OUR EVEREST ADVENTURE, SIGNED BY EDMUND HILLARY
HUNT, John. Our Everest Adventure. Leicester, 1954. First edition of this photographic history of the British expedition that reach the summit of Everest in 1953, illustrated with over 130 black-and-white photographs, signed by Edmund Hillary on the title page. $550.
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SIGNED BY HILLARY
HILLARY, Edmund. Photograph signed. No place, circa 1970. Original photograph of Sir Edmund Hillary, boldly signed by him. $500.
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EVEREST CLIMBER GEORGE LOWE, SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY
LOWE, George. Because It Is There. London, 1959. First edition, richly illustrated with numerous photographic plates, signed by fellow climber Sir Edmund Hillary. $500.
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SIGNED BY EDMUND HILLARY
LUMBERS, James. Hillary Conquers Everest. No place, 1992. Limited edition lithograph of Hillary on Everest, number 441 of 1953 copies signed in pencil by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers. $450.
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SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY
RAMSAY, Cynthia Russ and KEISER, Anne B. Sir Edmund Hillary & the People of Everest. Kansas City, 2002. First edition, signed by Sir Edmund Hillary on the title page, wonderfully illustrated with numerous full-color photographic images, in original dust jacket. $450.
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SIGNED BY JOHN HUNT
HUNT, John. Life is Meeting. London, 1978. First edition of this autobiographical work, signed by Hunt on the title page. $450.
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SIGNED BY MESSNER
MESSNER, Reinhold. Free Spirit. A Climber's Life. Seattle, 1991. First American edition of Messner’s first comprehensive memoir, signed by him on the half title. $400.
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